Zell (FFVIII) | きや

Thank you @xgrieverspride for pointing this out. ZELL'S BIRFFDAY

if my love for cloud, zell, and rikku is anything to go by, i had an extreme draw to blondes. mostly blondes with big personalities. as a deeply introverted person that gets exhausted from people often, i REALLY wanted to actually BE outgoing, extroverted.... and blonde.

also from my understanding, blond hair in japan is quite the opposite of what it is in the us. it's something more rebellious from what i know and associated with delinquents and otherwise social outsiders. that the al bhed are all ( i think all ) blondes i think speaks to that but then to have tidus be a blond when he's the 'outsider' of spira feels intentional character design.

meanwhile zell i wouldn't say is COMPLETELY those things - he is an avid rule follower, though he does have at least one visible tattoo and one hidden one could've pushed that more 'delinquent' apperance. also isn't lost on me seifer is blond and he absolutely a troubled child.

Nobody:

Absolutely nobody in the FF8 fandom:

Selphie and Zell:

have zell with ifrit

Zell Dincht of Final Fantasy VIII

as told by SAYJ [ headcanons ]

-- dead dove content may be present

-- this is not a place for you if you have an issue with characters growing up.

-- witch hunting, content policing, and vauging gets scrubbed off my dash. one strike policy.

-- I have a LOT of headcanons regarding Zell ( that will be slowly posted in queue ) - I don't expect anyone to remember all of them and as it's been years since I wrote him I likely forgot my own lore. If there's anything that's need to know I'll make it known. ♥

-- writer is 35. they / them

-- I am familiar with FF7 ( and everything that branched off from it ), FF8, FF9, FF10, FF10-2, and FF14, but I'm open to other FF's and cross-overs I'm less familiar with.

VIII was my first Final Fantasy so this was particularly nostalgic for me.

"It ain't that serious-" .. Probably. Thus far since he'd met her she was only morbid threats without any serious execution ( on him; their foes was another story ). "But yeah yeah; if it comes t'that we'll be hittin' it up with the rexes."

That's how him and Selphie were; loud when they were scrapping but ultimately no harm no foul. Can't say that for everyone that rides his nerves.

She can't help but feel that the only reason those two were acting up was because Squall just happened to bugger off on a mission. She caught him trying to correct himself, she may not be his teacher anymore, but at least he was still willing to throw her a bone and TRY to watch his language. "Well, whatever, if you two are going to fight, training center's that way, if you're not, good, just don't make a mess of the Garden."

Honestly she'd pay good money to watch Zell punch out Seifer, but her reputation was already in the toilet, and she had a feeling Zell would lose a few limbs in the process.

"Psssh. Fight? Nah. ... she wishes."

"If you're gonna fight, please take it to the training center. I'll make sure Dr. Kadowaki is on standby..."

another day, another struggle. climbing stairs is so much trouble. 

'Take good care of him!' Rinoa said. 'AND DON'T BE MEAN!' Rinoa said.

While he didn't have as much of beef with Bahamut as Shiva ( really, Ifrit's fault; he didn't do a damn thing! ), he felt it right down to his bones upon equpting the GF that this was not going to be a fun time for him. Rinoa insisted Zell take him out 'for fresh air'. HE'S A DAMN GUARDIAN FORCE, HE DIDN'T NEED FRESH AIR... Probably? Zell didn't think about it too hard.

"Man, I don't wanna hear it. You're vibin' somewhere in my BRAIN right now and complainin' about stairs? I'm the one doing the climbing!"

By his own choice; never skip a day of working out.